
We are Marshall depicts the rebuilding of a community and a football team caught in the aftermath of a plane crash in 1970 that killed 75 people of Marshall University. Those numbered in the crash were 37 of their players, 5 coaches, 2 trainers, an athletic director, 25 boosters, and 5 airplane crew members. Simply based off this premise alone, the film required some sensitivity when approaching the retelling of this historical tragedy.